Weekly SIZZLE for FOX’s “Empire” Season 2

Everyone has been raving about the return of “Empire” to FOX and we just can’t get enough of Season 2! With that being said, of course we’ve been up on the latest from our fellow bloggers and the praised stars. So here are some of the juicy deets we compiled for your reading pleasure…

T-Swift posted to Twitter to promote the return of Empire Records and gave a big shout out to her favorite Serayah Love and new BFF Taraji P. Henson.

Lee Daniels plans to incorporate Oprah and Common this time around.

“Empire” Season 2 jumps to 18 episodes instead of the Season 1 cap at 12.

Trai Byers, took a role before he reached stardom as the lead actor in the indie feature “Americons,” which has just been released for rental on various digital platforms!

50 Cent accused “Empire” of copying his show “Power,” Cookie responds with a “thirsty” comment and then 50 fires back saying he can’t believe Cookie would talk about him like that. The rapper claims they go way back and he even slept with her. OUCH!

Got any more sizzling “Empire” news? Hit the comments below and let us know what’s going on and we’ll shout you out on the show every Wednesday night LIVE on theStream.TV!